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Subject: Re: AT mysteries revealed (was Re: [T3] AT deathmatch) > > Yes, it turns out that the outside lever is rotating on the shaft. > Argh. The flats on the internal lever look great -- brand new. > > So, you just pop out the cylindrical shaft with the outer lever > right? No sweat, eh? > > Well... no. It hits smack! into the trailing arm, still needing > about 3/4" of travel to get free. > > It ain't comin' out without dropping the tranny. It wouldn't have > to drop much, actually -- I could see disconnecting the drivetrain as a > unit, and lowering it primarily at the front end, just to get this part > out. Sigh. > You should be able to drop the front of the tranny what you need without disconnceting anything else. Carefully support the tranny with a floor jack, and then remove the 4 bolts holding the mount to the frame. Then slowly lower the trans what you need to get the arm out. > Does anybody have a spare, good lever assembly they'd like to sell > so that I could just swap? If you've got one mounted in a junk tranny, > note that you have to remove both a 14mm lock nut on the inside end of the > shaft, as well as a 10mm set screw inside the tranny that kind of locks the > shaft so that it can't slide in and out of the tranny housing. > I have a spare automatic tranny. But I hate to rob parts off it because it is a good trans. If all else fails, I could take the arm off of it. Maybe someone else has a junker automatic. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/